tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post2149581413015565382..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Art: on being askedMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-59942539270470008762012-02-17T06:52:24.777-05:002012-02-17T06:52:24.777-05:00That sounds exactly right! Great little essay...That sounds exactly right! Great little essay...Marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-84475665296840744352012-02-17T04:51:11.665-05:002012-02-17T04:51:11.665-05:00To answer, Marly, the question 'Why are reques...To answer, Marly, the question 'Why are requests inspiring?', one should perhaps first qualify with the word 'some': Why are SOME requests inspiring?<br /><br />I get asked to contribute to lots of projects, and my answer is nearly always no. I take your point that 'making' is a lonely endeavour, but I don't think I've ever committed to a project simply because it Clive Hicks-Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14101763457603700634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-74080231596115040412012-02-16T18:55:15.489-05:002012-02-16T18:55:15.489-05:00No worry. Easy-going type here!No worry. Easy-going type here!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-71737504482851155042012-02-16T18:12:12.382-05:002012-02-16T18:12:12.382-05:00Hi again Marly. I'm incoherent today. Sorry fo...Hi again Marly. I'm incoherent today. Sorry for the incomprehensible typos.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-31007820581764545392012-02-16T14:48:09.187-05:002012-02-16T14:48:09.187-05:00Glad you like it. Just a matter of picking out a t...Glad you like it. Just a matter of picking out a template and tweaking, really.<br /><br />Makes sense to me. And you like prompts, then. I in general find them too much like being told what to do. But I don't feel that way about a request. Somehow. I guess we're all quirky in our own little ways.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62648067203744280062012-02-16T14:37:13.804-05:002012-02-16T14:37:13.804-05:00First of all, I like your site's new look. I w...First of all, I like your site's new look. I wish I can the patience to do that for my blog! <br />Now re: assigned work, I feel very wanted in the rare instance when someone asks me for work. I can think of a couple of cases: you asked me for my Lydian Stones competition. Then there was my friend's request for poems for the journal she co-edits, Inlandia (of course, I had already writtenRobbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-73324800639529943812012-02-16T14:32:36.047-05:002012-02-16T14:32:36.047-05:00Yep, she's a furry rocket. I should call her M...Yep, she's a furry rocket. I should call her My Doom. In. Out. In. Out. Repeat endlessly at high speed.<br /><br />Sense of purpose, yes, that's good. But I wonder why more than the equally interesting things (some, anyway) on The List?<br /><br />It's true artists need to waste time in order to use time...marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-64330038490145041442012-02-16T14:29:59.706-05:002012-02-16T14:29:59.706-05:00oh, i agree. i think it's that the request gi...oh, i agree. i think it's that the request gives a sense of purpose to what otherwise, on a bad day, becomes enveloped in self-accusations of navel-gazing :D basically what you said, i guess. <br /><br />be careful with that dog!zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526746200112764467noreply@blogger.com